Never commented before, but you and your brother's TypePad are two of my faves and continue to be the reason I get little done before 11am each day. Despite lighting elderly relatives on fire, you guys must've had fun times growing up. Jeremy's post on the death of Nicole Eggert (http://jeremywheaton.typepad.com/my-blog/2011/05/rip-nicole-eggert-with-video-goodness.html) is golden. Hope it's ok to shout out your brother on your site!
Keep up the good work.
—Fred

I've written hundreds of thousands of words over the years, but this remains one of my all-time favorites, so I like to revisit it every year. It was originally written and published on July 5, 2002, which usually feels like years and days ago all at once, but this year actually feels like a lif...